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We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Running, Self, Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sanctity, Relation, Foreign Policy

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisdom, Support, Tree

Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home, Fighting, Government

The trade agreement which I had the privilege of signing with your Prime Minister last autumn is tangible evidence of the desire of the people of both countries to practice what they preach when they speak of the good neighbor. In the solution of the grave problems that face the world today, frank dealing, cooperation and a spirit of give and take between nations is more important than ever before.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Autumn, Agreement

Coming to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harboring intelligent life the universe.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Intelligent, Reality, Planets

They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Power, Government, Hands
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.16, Best Books on

The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Education, Book, Heart
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

These Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, on my wife, or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I don't resent attacks... but Fala does resent them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dog, Son, Wife

I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Believe, People

I think that both here and in England there are two schools of thought--those who would be altruistic in regard to the Germans, hoping that by loving kindness to make them Christian again--and those who would adopt a much tougher attitude. Most decidedly I belong to the latter school, for though I am not blood-thirsty, I want the Germans to know that this time at least they have definitely lost the war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Christian, Attitude, Kindness

Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Loss, Simple, Essentials
Franklin D. Roosevelt (2009). “Looking Forward”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

We have nothing to fear but missing our massage appointment time

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Missing, Massage, Appointments

In the final analysis, the progress of our civilization will be retarded if any large body of citizens falls behind. Without the help of thousands of others, any one of us would die, naked and starved.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fall, Civilization, Progress

To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Winning, Compromise

Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Years, Three
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn's election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Autumn, Thinking, Russia

[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Population, Ends

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Victory And Defeat, Should Have

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spiritual, Relief, Fiber

Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. And we make it abundantly clear that we intend to commit none of the fatal errors of appeasement. We have the thought that in this nation of many states we have found the way in which men of many racial origins may live together in peace. If the human race as a whole is to survive, the world must find a way by which men and nations may live together in peace. We cannot accept the doctrine that war must be forever a part of man's destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Ocean, Destiny

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self, Essence, Helping
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Destiny, Events, This Generation
Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Impression, Lifts, I Can
"Ambassador's Journal: A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith, p. 225, 1969.

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Men, Skills
'Fireside Chat' radio broadcast, 29 December 1940, in 'Public Papers' (1941) vol. 9, p. 643